We would put them in a glass jar to watch them alternately produce their bright, yellow light, and then let them go. That’s not the traditional meaning of catching lightning in a bottle, but it's as ...

Now a Plainfield resident, Swanson, 51, joined over a dozen other insect fans on a recent hike in Bolingbrook, where she caught two fireflies in a jar, watching them blink back and forth briefly ...

Fireflies, aka lightning bugs, make their evening debut to provide you with a spectacular visual performance. Pennsylvania designated the firefly, Photuris pennsylvanica, as the official state ...

Published date: May 6, 2024 | 10:43 am Updated: June 1, 2025 | 3:17 pm (© soupstock – stock.adobe.com) Most children and adults remember catching fireflies in a jar on warm summer nights.

She still hasn’t answered. I was intrigued, though. Fireflies, incidentally, are actually flying, soft-bodied beetles that light up at night to attract mates. (Oh, the things we do for love.) ...

One thing I would change from that time, however, is how I would often leave my innocently captured fireflies in a jar overnight, thinking they were my new pets, and they'd be dead by morning. I know ...